Seat and cover operating mechanism



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W. H. STREET SEAT AND COVER OPERATING MECHANISM Filed 0G5. 28, 1923 Patented Aug. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. STREET, 015 NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEAT AND COVER OPERATING MECHANISM.

Application filed December 28, 1923. Serial No. 683,243.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. STREET,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ihSeat and Cover Operatin Mechanism, of which the following is a fu clear and exact specification.

This invention relates to mechanical w means for raising and lowerin the seats and covers for toilet seats, and as for its object to provide simple and efiicient mechanism whereby a seat and cover may be raised and lowered separately or together.

Another object is to provide means for raising and lowering the seat and cover from points in easy reach and without necessitating taking hold of either of them directly. A further object is to suppl operating mechanism which may be r ily applied to seats and covers already in use without necessitating any considerable structural changes therein. Other objects will appear as the. description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toilet bowl and flushing system therefor, said bowl being provided with a seat and cover and means for raising and lowering them sub stadntially in accordance with this invention. an

Figure 2 is a detailed vertical section through the portion of the seat to which its operating lever is connected.

In the drawings 1 is a toilet bowl of ordinary type, 2 is a flush tank, and 5 the flush pipe leading from said'tank to-said bowl. A seat 3 and cover 4 are suitably hi ed at theirrear edges to swing from horizontal to vertical position in the usual g bracket or standard 6, suitably fastened to the floor or any convenient fixture, serves to ivotally support at 7 two levers 8 and 24 w ich are'operatively connected to Which'constitute part of this.

the seat 3 and cover 4, respectively, Each of said levers 8 and 24 may base an arouate portion as shown, and the end portion of each lever, which engages the seat or cover, as the case may be, is preferably arranged substantially at right angles to the 0 plane of said seat and cover, respectively. 1 As best shown in Figure 2, the extremity; of the lever 8 is hooked at 9 and extends into Q a groove 10 formed in the under face of the 1 seat 3 through a slotted plate 11 fitted across said groove flush with said under face of the seat. The hooked end 9 of the lever 8 is adapted to slide in said slotted plate 11 and groove 10 when said lever 8 is swung on its pivot 7 for raising and lowering the seat. The rear end of the lever 8 is pivotally connected at 12 to a vertical strip 13 pivoted at its upper end at 14 to a bell-crank lever 15 having one end portion thereof pivoted at 16 to a bracket arm 17 secured at 18 to the flush pipe 5. The free end of thebellcrank lever 15 extends in an upwardly direction and constitutes a handle 19 b which the seat 3' may be raised and lowered? Thus, by moving the handle 19 forwardly from the 50 position indicated in Figure 1, the strip 13 is moved axially downward resulting in the front end portion of the lever 8 being raised and thereby swinging the seat 3 from the 'horizontal position shown to the usual verticalor raised position. The seat may be lowered by moving the handlev 19 rearwardly again to the position shown in Figure 1, as will be readily understood.

The forward extremity of the lever 24 is bent at 25 to have sliding engagement below a strap 26 suitably fastened to the under face of the cover 4. The rear end of said lever 24 is pivotally connected at 23 to a push-rod 21 which extends upwardly parallel to the strip 13 and is guided in a bracket 20 suitabl fastened to said strip. The upper end 0 said push-rod is fitted with a nob 22 for conveniently operating the same. By pushing down on said nob, the cover 4 may be raised to the position illustrated in Figure 1, while by pulling upward on said nob, the cover may be swung down to horizontal or closed position.

By grasping the push-rod 21 and the bracket 20 at the same time, said push-rod and the strip 13 may be raised or lowered togetheffor simultaneously lowering or 7 se arately as already explained.

claim 1. The combination with a bin d seat and cover, of intermediately pivote levers,

one end of one of said levers having sliding connection with the seat, and one end of the other lever having sliding connection with the cover, means attached to the other end of the seat-operating lever for actuating the same, a bracket carried by said operatin' means, and means attached to the other on of the cover operating lever for actuating the same, said latter means being guided in said bracket.

2. The combination with a hinged member, of an intermediaxtely pivoted lever, one end of which has sliding engagement with said hinged member, otally connected at one end a vertical strip pivto the other end amass of said lever, a bell-crank lever pivoted at one end to a fixture and at the angle thereof to the other end of said strip, the free end of said bell-crank lever serving as a handle for axially moving said strip and swinging said hinged member.

3. The combination with a hinged seat and cover, of separate levers for raising and lowering the same, a vertical strip for swingin one of said levers, a bracket secured to and projecting laterally from said strip, and a push-rod for swingin the other lever, said push-rod being p loosely through and guided in said bracket, whereby said bracket and push-rod may be grasped together at their intersection for simultaneously raising or lowering said seat and cover.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

-H. STREET. 

